I think "Bowie" (as in "bow-tie) sounds cooler. There is the school of thought which submits Boo-ee as a possible pronounciation as well. I guess he should have stuck to Jones. It serves me well enough.

I don't like Hunky Dory. Some of it is great but it also has some right toss on it. The Man Who Sold the World is a great album, with some of his best writing, and probably the first essential one.
I've not heard any of the ones before that but I don't think they're generally held in that high regard.

GoogaMooga wrote:

Minnie Cheddars wrote:Baron got into a fight with some Satan’s Slaves over some culinary issue

Awful thing when that happens. I had a similar experience at a Tom Jones concert.

The Penk wrote:I don't like Hunky Dory. Some of it is great but it also has some right toss on it. The Man Who Sold the World is a great album, with some of his best writing, and probably the first essential one.

Good man.

I don't know why 'Hunky Dory' continues to attract such across-the-board fanaticism, 'cos there really is some horrible crap there.

'The Man Who Sold The World' works beautifully in this heavy idiom - the only time he really used it - and there's a unity of style that makes it a great listening experience. The title track is crap, tho'. And it's a shame, 'cos when you mention the album to people who don't know it, of course they think of the Nirvana cover.